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What Is Art Deco and Why Is It Popular Again? — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 4 min · 588 words

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What Is Art Deco and Why Is It Popular Again?

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Art Deco is an international artistic style that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

Now, interest in the style and its qualities is growing. A new generation is enjoying the style’s roots and turning it into something new.

A public showing, or exhibition, at the Museum of the City of New York provides a look at the style that helped define the city 100 years ago.

Famous Art Deco buildings include the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall.

The public showing, called “Art Deco City: New York Postcards from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection,” also has clothing and film clips from the time.

In London, the Victoria and Albert Museum has a…

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Kim Cook reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-is-art-deco-and-why-is-it-popular-again-/7935

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